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veral woody thick Stalks , fomewhat red , wrinkled 
alfo , and of a brown color , which grow of unequal 
lengths from the Root , fpr ending them/ elves into ma- 
ny Branches , fhadowing the place where it grows. 
The Leaves are thick fet , and finipt on the edges , 0/- 
moft like Tormentil, and 0/1? thought by fome to be 
of equal force with it againjl Royfon , and for which 
reafon,fome have thought it to be the Leucas Diof- 
coridis. T/;? f lowers Jland alfo upon long Footftalks , 
0/7// confift of five yellow Leaves apiece , having a 
yellow thrummy head in the middle like to the other 
Cinkfoils .This is twofold , viz. //?<? (Greater and 
Leffer , which differ in nothing but in their mag- 
nitude. 
IX. Tii? feventh, or Upright Kind, //0x 0 thick 
black fibrous Root , //w/z which fpring forth Leaves 
and Stalks : the Leaves jland upon long hoot folks 
//>* «Sf0/<ir are ft rang and upright , 770/ above 
half a yard high, fp reading forth fever a l ways into 
divers Branches. The Leaves are fomevohat longer , 
larger , greener than any of the former kinds Jland. 
upon long Footftalks , and are divided into five parts , 
tfx the others , and dented about the edges -, y<w- 
times 7/7/0 /even, but that more rarely , having three 
Leaves only at the top. The Flowers grew at the 
tops of the Stalks , which are large , 0/7^ 0/ a pale 
yellow color , and in fome Riant s of a purplifk color , 
which turn into Seed , wjfdb 0J- /fo other fo/ 77 /.r do : 
this is the Greater kind. But there is a Leffer of 
this Upright Kind, which has /matter and rounder 
Leaves , of a fad green color on the upper fide , and 
grey or hoary underneath -, the Stalks are tenderer , 
and lower , /fo Ffotcm- 0/7 /fo /0/w f mailer, and of a 
more Gold yellow color , 7/7 which ccnfifts the chief 
difference. 
X. Tfo Rlaces. The firft grows almoft every 
Where throughout England , by Highway fides, Ditch 
fides, and other Untilled places. The fecond is 
found in fhady and woody places, under Hedges, 
and other moift places, and by Highway fides. The 
third is to be found growing almoft every where 
upon good Ground, by Highways, and in low and 
moift Meadows. The fourth grows in Moift and 
Marfh Grounds, and in Watry places * it grows in 
a Marfh Ground adjoining to the Land called Bourn 
Ronds , half a Mile from Co/chejler , from which 
place, Gerard fays, he brought fome Plants for his 
Garden , in which they flour i filed and profpered 
well. The fifth, Gerard fays, grew upon Brick and 
Stone Walls about London. The fixth, Gerard 
fays, is a rare Plant, and that he found it growing 
on the Mountains of the Peak, and dry Gravelly 
Valleys. The feventh grows in many places of 
Y ranee and Germany, where it bears white Flow- 
ers , and in Italy, where the Flowers are pur- 
plilh ; but with us it is only nourifh’d up in Gar- 
dens. 
XI. The Times. They are faid to Flower all 
the Summer Months, as May , June and July ^ even 
from the beginning of May , and the Seed ripens in 
the mean Seafon. 
XII. The Qualities. The Cinkfoils are Temperate 
in refpeU of heat or coldnefs, but dry in the third 
Degree. They are Abfterfive, Neurotick, Arthri- 
tick, Alterative, Analeptick, and Alexipharmick. 
Although it is fuppofed by Authors, that they have 
all one and the fame Virtues, yet it is manifeft, 
that fome of them are ftronger, and more efficaci- 
ous than others. Thofe which are eftemed the 
moft powerful, are the firft, fecond, third, and Jc- 
venth, thefe are the chiefeft for ufe, and ftrongeft 
in effe£f, of all the reft, and are held to be as effectu- 
al, tor all the purpofes whereunto Tormentil is ap- 
plied, fo that inltead thereof, and where that is 
wanting, Cinkfoil fays Rarkinfon ) may be ufed to 
as good purpofe. 
XIII. The Specification. It is an efpecial remedy 
againft Agues and Fevers, and to ftop all forts of 
fluxes, whether of Blood or Humors, in any part 
of the Body wherefoever. 
XIV. The Preparations. You mav prepare there- 
from, 1. A liquid Juice. 2. An E fence. 3. An 
Infufion or Decollion. 4. A Rouder of the Root .■ 
y. A Vinegar. 6 . A Cataplafm. 7. A diftilled 
Water. 8. A Spirituous Tinffure. 9. An Acid 
Tinttitre. 10. An Oily Tincture. n. A half am 
or Ointment. 12. A Collyrium. 
The Virtues . 
XV. The Juice. It is good againft all forts of 
Agues and Fevers, whether Continent, Continual or 
Contermitting : whether they be burning Fevers 
only. Malign, or Peftilential. It cools and atrem- 
perates the Blood, and Humors, and is an excellent 
thing for a Lotion, Injection, Gargle, and the like, 
for lore Mouths, Ulcers, Cankers, Fiftula’s, and other 
corrupt, foul, and running Sores. The Juice is given 
to four ounces at a time, for fome Days together, 
two or three Hours before the coming of the fit of 
an Ague, whether Quotidian, Tertian, or Quartan, 
it is laid to cure it, but it ought to be drank Morn- 
ing and Evening in the intermediate Days alio, 
And taken in the fame quantity for the fame time, 
viz. for thirty Days together, it cures the Falling 
Sicknefs, as alfo the Quinfey,and Yellow Jaundice, 
and all Fluxes in Man or Woman, as Whites, Reds, 
and Bloody Flux, Diarrhea, Efc. The Juice mixt 
with a little Honey, prevails againft Hoarfnefs, as 
alfo the Cough of the Lungs. 
XVI. The Effence. It has all the Virtues of the 
Juice, but more effe&ual to all the purpofes afore- 
Laid , befides which it is very etfeftual to cure 
Confumptions of all forts, and to heal Ulcers of 
the Lungs : And if the hands be often waffied there- 
with, and it is fuffered every time to dry in of it 
felf, without wiping, it will in a fhort time help 
the Palfie, or fhaking of them. 
XV II. The Infufion or Decollion in Red Port Wine , 
They have the Virtues of the liquid Juice and Ef 
fence, but not all out fo effeUual : yet however they 
are very powerful againft all forts of Fluxes of the 
Bowels : But where there is a fharpnefs of Humors, 
the Deco&ion is belt made in Milk. The Deco&i- 
on outwardly applied, and inwardly drank as a Diet 
drink, very much contributes to the Cure of the 
Gout and Sciatica j as alfo to confolidate Ruptures 
of the Bowels. 
XVIII. The Rouder of the Root. Taken to a dram 
Morning and Night, it is good againft Fluxes of the 
Belly, ipitting and pitting of Blood, Ruptures, and 
Agues of all forts , but it ought alfo to be given 
over and above on the day the Ague comes three 
hours before the Fit, in a Glafs of Red Port, or Red 
Florence Wine. 
XIX. The Vinegar. The Roots boiled in Vinegar, 
and that held in the Mouth, is laid to eafe the 
pains of the Teeth : it alfo is good againft all forts of 
Nodes, Kernels, hard Swellings, and Ixcrefcences 
growing in the Flefh, in any part, being applied 
thereunto. It allays all kinds of Inflammations, and 
alleviates Anthonies Fire and the Shingles it pre- 
vails againft Apoftems, and painful Sores or Ulcers, 
attended with pain and putrefaftion, as alfo all 0* 
ther kinds of running Sores, Ulcers, Foul Scabs, 
Itch, & c. It gives eale in pains of the Joints, and 
the Gout, whether in the Hips, Hands or Feet. It is 
alfo good againft bruifes, or hurts by blows, falls, 
or the like, and to ftop the bleeding of Wounds in 
any part inward or outward. 
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